Download or read book Earth Sand Clay and Gravel Roads Classic Reprint written by Charles H. Moorefield and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-10-13 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Earth, Sand-Clay, and Gravel Roads In general, the fig. 7. - Use of wooden breakers to prevent scourolorfreside2 amount Of crown dith should be greater on grades than on level stretches Of road, because the tendency for water to wash away the surface by collecting in and flowing along ruts depends largely upon the steepness of the grade. Also the care with which a road is to be maintained may have an important influence on the amount Of crown that should be given to the surface. It is evident that'a road surface maintained in a smooth uniform condition will shed water off to the side ditches with much less crown than would be required where ruts are allowed to form. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Earth Sand Clay and Gravel Roads written by Charles Henry Moorefield and published by Palala Press. This book was released on 2016-05-17 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work.As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
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Download or read book Public Roads Vol 14 written by United States Bureau of Public Roads and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-11-05 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Public Roads, Vol. 14: A Journal of Highway Research; March 1933 Before applying the surf ace treatment it was generally necessary to do considerable work in the preparation of the base. The particular method followed and amount of work required depended on its condition. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Repair and Maintenance of Highways Classic Reprint written by Laurence Ilsley Hewes and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-19 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Repair and Maintenance of Highways This bulletin deals with the repair and maintenance Of three classes Of roads: (1) Macadam roads of all kinds, (2) gravel and sand-clay roads, and (3) earth roads. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Gravel Roads Vol 2 written by Frank F. Rogers and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-27 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Gravel Roads, Vol. 2: July, 1913 A well graded and well drained earth road is necessary for the foundation of any kind of an improved road; therefore, money expended on such work is not lost even though it be several years before the road receives a hard surface. In building any good road, the first essentials are a careful survey and suitable plans. As most of the Michigan roads that will be graveled are old roads now in use, and which have been in use for many years, there is but little opportunity to make new locations. However, when new locations are made, as they still are in the newer and sparsely settled counties, the work should be done with the same regard for easy grades, low cost of construction and fitness of roadbed as would characterize a railroad survey. Due prominence should be given to directness, but it should be remembered that the primary object of section lines is not to define the center lines of highways, that the distance around a hill may not be much greater than the distance over it, and that slight curves increase the length of a road but little. Sometimes the cost of a new right of way around a bad hill would not be so much as the cost of cutting the hill down to a reasonable grade. What has been said about new surveys applies with equal force to resurveys, except that old roads can seldom be changed unless the reasons for so doing are very strong. Permanent buildings, improved grounds, beautiful shade trees and other improvements become fixtures along old roads that make changes a hardship to the owners, who frequently, and often justly, strenuously oppose any suggestion of a new location. Nevertheless changes should be made where little damage would result, to avoid bad hills, bad swamps, sinking bogs, expensive stream crossings and sometimes to shorten the road. On old roads it is best to set the stakes along the sides, one row on each side parallel to the center line, and preferably 20 or 25 feet therefrom, so as to place them on the outer margin of the ditches or gutters where they will not be destroyed by ordinary traffic, nor so easily by grading teams. The plans should show: (a) the center cuts and fills; (b) the depth of each ditch or gutter from the hub stake adjacent thereto and (c) the vertical distance, up or down, from each side stake to the established center grade. Nothing less complete is satisfactory, for, in most cases, the work of grading is placed in charge of a highway commissioner or his foreman without the assistance of an engineer. Grades. In some parts of the State the most troublesome question to consider is that of grades. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Construction and Care of Earth Roads Classic Reprint written by Ira O. Baker and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-03 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Construction and Care of Earth Roads Roads should have plenty of light and air. Of course a shady road is very nice On a hot day; but such a road can not be kept in good condition, since shade is nearly sure to breed mud holes. Therefore the road officials should use all possible diplomacy to have trees adjoining the road, particularly those on the south side, trimmed with reference to the benefits of the roads. A tall hedge cuts off the view of the adjacent country, shuts out the breeze, and in a dry time keeps in the dust and in a wet time retards the drying of the road. Therefore the road officials should enforce the law concerning cutting of hedges. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Sand clay and Earth Roads in the Middle West written by W. L. Spoon and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Bedfordshire Classic Reprint written by Clifford Gore Browne Wyatt. Chambers and published by CUP Archive. This book was released on 2018-05-08 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Bedfordshire Of Dunstable; as regards the former he often dwelt on its continuous connection with Bedford, from the earliest days of which the Anglo - Saxon Chronicle has. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Object Lesson and Experimental Roads and Bridge Construction 1912 13 written by United States Department Of Agriculture and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-17 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Object-Lesson and Experimental Roads, and Bridge Construction, 1912-13: No. 53 During the fiscal year 1912 - 13 the Office of Public Roads, under the general direction of the chief engineer, Vernon M. Peirce, and the immediate control of the highway engineer in charge, B. F. Heidel, supervised the construction of object-lesson roads as follows: One bituminous-concrete, 1 bituminous-macadam, 7 macadam, 4 gravel, 1 gravel-macadam, 1 brick-cinder, 14 sand-clay, 1 sand - gumbo, 3 shell, and 9 earth. 'three other roads begun during the past fiscal year were not completed, and the description of the work on them will be reserved for the next annual report. Exclusive of the assistance afforded by the office in the form of the salaries and expenses of its engineers, the object lesson roads described below cost the various communities in which they were located $94, 323. 68. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book The Grading of Earth Roads Classic Reprint written by Wilbur M. Wilson and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2016-11-07 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Grading of Earth Roads The following oil companies each donated a car of road oil, f. O. B. Champaign, Illinois: the Empire Refineries Company, the Standard Oil Company, and the Asphalt Sales Corporation, of Chicago, Illinois; the Roxana Petroleum Corporation, and the Cabell Petroleum Com pany of St. Louis, Missouri; and the Indian Refining Company of Lawrenceville, Illinois. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book The Statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland 9 George IV 1828 Classic Reprint written by Great Britain and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 1834 with total page 684 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Statutes of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, 9 George IV. 1828 Collection and Application of voltmtary Contributiu: for the Purpose of enlarging and building Churches and Chapels. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Download or read book Gravel Roads written by Ken Skorseth and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this manual is to provide clear and helpful information for maintaining gravel roads. Very little technical help is available to small agencies that are responsible for managing these roads. Gravel road maintenance has traditionally been "more of an art than a science" and very few formal standards exist. This manual contains guidelines to help answer the questions that arise concerning gravel road maintenance such as: What is enough surface crown? What is too much? What causes corrugation? The information is as nontechnical as possible without sacrificing clear guidelines and instructions on how to do the job right.
Download or read book The World in a Grain written by Vince Beiser and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2019-08-06 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A finalist for the PEN/E. O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award The gripping story of the most important overlooked commodity in the world--sand--and the crucial role it plays in our lives. After water and air, sand is the natural resource that we consume more than any other--even more than oil. Every concrete building and paved road on Earth, every computer screen and silicon chip, is made from sand. From Egypt's pyramids to the Hubble telescope, from the world's tallest skyscraper to the sidewalk below it, from Chartres' stained-glass windows to your iPhone, sand shelters us, empowers us, engages us, and inspires us. It's the ingredient that makes possible our cities, our science, our lives--and our future. And, incredibly, we're running out of it. The World in a Grain is the compelling true story of the hugely important and diminishing natural resource that grows more essential every day, and of the people who mine it, sell it, build with it--and sometimes, even kill for it. It's also a provocative examination of the serious human and environmental costs incurred by our dependence on sand, which has received little public attention. Not all sand is created equal: Some of the easiest sand to get to is the least useful. Award-winning journalist Vince Beiser delves deep into this world, taking readers on a journey across the globe, from the United States to remote corners of India, China, and Dubai to explain why sand is so crucial to modern life. Along the way, readers encounter world-changing innovators, island-building entrepreneurs, desert fighters, and murderous sand pirates. The result is an entertaining and eye-opening work, one that is both unexpected and involving, rippling with fascinating detail and filled with surprising characters.
Download or read book Sophie s World written by Jostein Gaarder and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. This book was released on 2007-03-20 with total page 735 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A page-turning novel that is also an exploration of the great philosophical concepts of Western thought, Jostein Gaarder's Sophie's World has fired the imagination of readers all over the world, with more than twenty million copies in print. One day fourteen-year-old Sophie Amundsen comes home from school to find in her mailbox two notes, with one question on each: "Who are you?" and "Where does the world come from?" From that irresistible beginning, Sophie becomes obsessed with questions that take her far beyond what she knows of her Norwegian village. Through those letters, she enrolls in a kind of correspondence course, covering Socrates to Sartre, with a mysterious philosopher, while receiving letters addressed to another girl. Who is Hilde? And why does her mail keep turning up? To unravel this riddle, Sophie must use the philosophy she is learning—but the truth turns out to be far more complicated than she could have imagined.
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Download or read book Build Your Own Earth Oven written by Kiko Denzer and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Earth ovens combine the utility of a wood-fired, retained-heat oven with the ease and timeless beauty of earthen construction. Building one will appeal to bakers, builders, and beginners of all kinds, from: - the serious or aspiring baker who wants the best low-cost bread oven, to - gardeners who want a centerpiece for a beautiful outdoor kitchen, to - outdoor chefs, to - creative people interested in low-cost materials and simple technology, to - teachers who want a multi-faceted, experiential project for students of all ages (the book has been successful with everyone from third-graders to adults). Build Your Own Earth Oven is fully illustrated with step-by-step directions, including how to tend the fire, and how to make perfect sourdough hearth loaves in the artisan tradition. The average do-it-yourselfer with a few tools and a scrap pile can build an oven for free, or close to it. Otherwise, $30 should cover all your materials--less than the price of a fancy "baking stone." Good building soil is often right in your back yard, under your feet. Build the simplest oven in a day! With a bit more time and imagination, you can make a permanent foundation and a fire-breathing dragon-oven or any other shape you can dream up. Earth ovens are familiar to many that have seen a southwestern "horno" or a European "bee-hive" oven. The idea, pioneered by Egyptian bakers in the second millennium BCE, is simplicity itself: fill the oven with wood, light a fire, and let it burn down to ashes. The dense, 3- to 12-inch-thick earthen walls hold and store the heat of the fire, the baker sweeps the floor clean, and the hot oven walls radiate steady, intense heat for hours. Home bakers who can't afford a fancy, steam-injected bread oven will be delighted to find that a simple earth oven can produce loaves to equal the fanciest "artisan" bakery. It also makes delicious roast meats, cakes, pies, pizzas, and other creations. Pizza cooks to perfection in three minutes or less. Vegetables, herbs, and potatoes drizzled with olive oil roast up in minutes for a simple, elegant, and delicious meal. Efficient cooks will find the residual heat useful for slow-baked dishes, and even for drying surplus produce, or incubating homemade yogurt.
